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Planetary Terrain & Geospatial Analysis Laboratory

An interactive, client-side 3D WebGL engine rendering multi-resolution Martian altimetry, high-resolution orbital ortho-imagery, rover traverse telemetry, and hypothetical paleoceanographic simulations directly in the browser. Notice: Not fully mobile adapted yet (work in progress) — best experienced on desktop.

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Delivery Infrastructure

Cloudflare Pages & Git Deployment Pipeline

Git-based preview and production deployments on Cloudflare's global edge, with packaged terrain assets and external NASA/ArcGIS imagery streams.

Phase 01 • Staging Branch

GitHub Version Control

All active development is tracked in an automated pipeline. The gemini-dev branch acts as the dedicated staging and preview environment, while main deploys verified production releases to Cloudflare Pages.

git push -u origin gemini-dev

Phase 02 • Global Edge

Cloudflare Pages Runtime

The client-side Three.js/WebGL bundle compiles with Vite + TypeScript. Continuous integration automatically deploys preview builds to unique Cloudflare edge staging URLs on every push to gemini-dev with zero server runtime overhead.

Sub-second TTFB • Global Anycast

Phase 03 • Dataset Delivery

Static Terrain & External Imagery

Packaged DEM, ortho, panorama, audio, and traverse assets ship with the Cloudflare Pages deployment. Global THEMIS and CTX imagery streams from NASA Trek and ArcGIS OnMars. R2 remains a future option if dataset volume outgrows Pages.

Pages Assets • NASA Trek • ArcGIS OnMars

Scientific Capabilities

Interactive Analysis Showcase

Current laboratory modules verified in staging with real NASA and USGS planetary datasets.

1. Local Terrain 3D — Jezero Crater & Perseverance Route Corridor

Sub-meter digital elevation model rendered in real-time WebGL. Overlays high-resolution USGS CTX 5 m ortho-imagery over HiRISE DTM elevation with authentic NASA M2020 Perseverance rover traverse tracking (Sol 1000+, 46.02 km travelled across 557 drives).

CTX 5 m / px HiRISE 20 m DTM Solar LMST Sun Shading Perseverance Sol 1000+

Mars Explorer Jezero Crater 3D Terrain and Perseverance Route Corridor

2. Scientific Topographic Transect — Valles Marineris

Interactive polyline transect tool sampling NASA MOLA 16 ppd elevation data across a 235.2 km canyon cross-section. Dynamically plots depth profiles relative to the Mars Areoid 0 m datum, revealing elevations from -3,583 m at the chasma floor up to +5,887 m at the plateau rim (8,510 m total relief).

MOLA 16 PPD 8,510 m Relief Interactive Drawing CSV & GeoJSON Export

Mars Explorer Valles Marineris Scientific Topographic Transect

3. Planetary Ocean Flooding Simulation — Northern Lowlands

Hypothetical paleoceanographic simulation exploring ancient shoreline baselines and impact basin inundation. Calculates hypsometric water extents across the Vastitas Borealis, Chryse Planitia, Isidis Planitia, and Hellas Basin.

Global Sphere Altimetry Paleocean Modeling Hypsometric Water Levels Scientific Landing Sites

Mars Explorer Planetary Ocean Flooding Simulation

Technical Matrix

Geodetic & Altimetry Specifications

Standardized planetary parameters adhering to IAU and USGS planetary coordinate references.

Reference Ellipsoid

Mars 2000 Sphere

Application reference radius R = 3,396,190.0 m

Vertical Elevation Datum

MOLA Areoid (0 m)

Standard gravity-potential reference surface

Global Altimetry Model

NASA MOLA 16 PPD

~3.7 km/px resolution at equator

High-Resolution DTMs

HiRISE & USGS CTX

0.5–5.0 m imagery; DEM resolution varies by package

Rendering Pipeline

Three.js / WebGL 2.0

Client-side GPU shader evaluation

Solar Dynamics

LMST Sun Calculator

Subsolar point & analytical hillshading

Edge Distribution

Cloudflare Pages

Global Anycast edge deployment

Dataset Delivery

Pages + source streams

Packaged local assets with NASA/ArcGIS global imagery